Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1887-11-11
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CHICAGO, November 2-The first news OF
the decision of the supr me court was Ia
ken to the county jail by the Associated
Eress reporter a Few minutes after it was
received from Washington. There we're no
visitors at the jan to-day and the prisoners
were all IN their cells when the news arrived.
A note was sent up to Spies stating that the
writ had been denied and asking if he had
any statements to make in regard to the
matter. Spies was sitting IN his cell busily
engaged with some manuscript He read
the note and returned it with a short, 81
have nothing to say"
None of the other men would say any
Ining either. Every thing Is perfectly quiet
IN and around the Jail and in fact all over
the whole city. The denial Of the writ was
universally expected here.
Tine police have all along thought that
court would not interfere, and the general
impression among them Is that the sentence
Will be carried into effect on November IL.
II they are to be ing at all. - said Lieu
tenant Fitzpatrick, they should die on that
Gay. Inc suspense of repr1eve by the gov
ernOr would have a bad effect, and would
not only to a great extent lessen the moral
example, but would entail additional sus-
pens6 on the prisoners"
THAT'S So SAID another police official.
'Ihere Is no desire on the part of the officers
who have suffered from the throwing of the
bombs to torture the murderers. They only
wish TO see the law carried out"
Captain Buckley compressed his lips when
the news reached MIN ut the armOry. Said
he: 'Ihe supreme court has rendered a
righteous verdict, and the just decision of
the state supreme courts retributiOn for the
murder OF the oIncers VIII Sc wives are now
widows, and children, orphans. trust and
believe the governor will not interfere"
AWAITING THEIR FATE.
A feeling of intense nervousness or men
tai excitement all the more evident from
the determined effort to suppress it, on the
part " those who were influenced by it,
D6EWalGQ that portion fha
county jail which is occupied
by the condemned anarchists this morning
and 1t was with an evident feeling of sus-
p6usS that the condemned men paced the
corridor when they took their morning ex-
erclse. This feeling was no doubt owing to
the expectancy OF a decision from the United
States supreme court IN their case and
the suspense IN which they are until they re-
celve It. Despite the disquiet of their minds,
they all did their best to preserve their out
ward deTueanOr. Lingg and Fisher looked
as dehant as ever and Spies loses none Of
ms cynical expression as the fatal day
apprOa -hes. Parsons does his best
to preserve his jOllity, but this morning his
q tempts at gaieUy were sorry ones and it
was evident from his every act and general
manner that he, too, felt the gravity of tbs
situation and that his spirits suffered as
deeply as any of the Others, from
the Importance of the message
which IN a few short hours he expected
to receive afiIing his fate, so far as the
courts of the land can do 1t. Fielden's con-
temptiousness was given full swing and no
body who watched him could doubt for a
moment thdt the one subject he was ponder
ing in his mind was what the decision of
the highest court in the land on his case
would be. The habitual deep set pallOr of
SchWa0's eountenance was more marked
than ever before, and those who watched
him infinitely wondered IN their own minds
if the executioner would anticipate by a very
long period the ordinary laws of nature in
cOnsiga ing him TO the tomb. Engel
has the most stolid cOuntenance in the lot,
but even his apparently sluggish nature was
considerably rufied to-day, and 1t was evi
dent that mentally he was as deeply interest
ed as any of the others in what the purpOrt
of the expected message would be.